Whether you are a new C++ developer ready to learn about the writing Metro style apps, an intermediate developer who wants to hone your code and skills, or an experienced C++ developer eager to squeeze every ounce of performance out of your Metro style app and/or push the boundaries of Windows 8, thenthis event is for you. We will have pragmatic advice for every developer writing Metro style apps and games with XAML or DirectX and C++.

Agenda:

C++ for Windows 8, Keynote by Herb Sutter

Building Windows 8 apps with XAML and C++

Building Windows 8 games with DirectX and C++

Introduction to the Windows Runtime Library (WRL)

Writing Connected apps: Writing networking code with C++

Combining XAML & Direct X in a Metro style apps

Writing WinRT components to be consumed from any language

VC11 compiler flags for getting the most out of C++

Registration: Register for this event here. If is first-come, first-serve, and we are limited in space, so register soon. If you want to learn more about other Windows 8 camps check the camps site.

Details: Location: Redmond WA, Microsoft campus, bldg 92. Date: May 18th, 2012 Time: 9 AM to 5 PM for sessions, Q&A and a small social event afterwards. Speakers: We will update the list of speakers early next week, we are still negotiating session times & speakers to cram as much as we can into a single day. Rest assured most of them are from the product team and yes, Herb Sutter will do the opening keynote and the first session. Meals: We will have some light breakfast, lunch, snacks and appetizers + drinks at the end of the day.

My personal pitch on this event: Even if you are already coding your Metro style app, you don’t want to miss this event. All the speakers are product team people, and we will have a very strong pragmatic angle during our sessions; we are aiming to answer a lot of the questions and help you avoid the common pit-falls that we have seen our early partners building Metro style apps with C++ have ran into. There will also be ample Q&A time through out the day.

Happy Windows 8 coding. Please help us spread the word on this event we are really excited to connect with C++ community.

Jaime – will the content from this code camp be made available on the web afterwards? Tough for us right-coasters to justify flying to the left coast for a one-day code camp, but the material does seem invaluable. Seems like this should be made into some sort of online tutorial or something.